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OUR DAILY BREAD Monday, Aug. 28, 1995
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READ: Deuteronomy 6:1-9
EDUCATION STARTS AT HOME
"The father shall make known Your truth
to the children."
-- Isaiah 38:19
It's time for the lazy days of summer to give way
to the busy days of fall. Time again for school to
start. Getting youngsters ready for school can
leave parents gasping for breath.
But there's more to getting the children ready than
filling their backpack and getting them to the bus
on time. They must also be prepared spiritually.
Before they hit the books, they need to know that
the most important things they will ever learn come
from THE Book: the Bible.
There are many ways this can be done. One family
takes time before school to have Bible reading.
While Dad and the kids eat, Mom reads a chapter
as they work through the whole Bible. Another
family uses the time to read and discuss shorter
passages -- Dad taking one child, Mom the other.
Some parents use the night before to share scrip-
tural truths.
If you have school-age children, the pattern you
develop for teaching them God's Word is important.
No matter what their school situation is - whether
home-school, Christian school, private school, or
public school - the main responsibility of spiritual
training belongs to the parents.
Before anyone else has a chance to educate our
children, we need to teach them about God.
-- J. David Branon
God gives us children for a time,
To train them in His way,
To love them and to teach them how
To follow and obey.
-- Sper
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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If children are to find their way to God,
someone must point the way.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 33-36
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